The 80s are back with R-Type for BlackBerry 10

If you fancy an awesome, retro, space, shoot 'em up then you can't get much more of a classic than R-Type that has made it's way to BlackBerry 10. If you are as old as me you'll remember playing this one as a teenager, however it's a great game still and well worthy of checking out.

Quite simply - you control a spaceship and it's just a case of destroying the vast array of enemies that will try to shoot you down. There are two options for controlling your spacecraft - either touch or a virtual joy pad, although touch is the much easier option. Over on the right of the display you have a two weapons tabs. One sends out a powerful blast if you hold it down and the second will control the orb like bonus that you can pick up.

All the original features from the 1980's have been left in the BlackBerry 10 version. There are loads of weapons, power-ups and attachments you can collect along the way. That is if you master the game - it's blooming hard! I was clearly a much better gamer as a teenager - oh the good old days.

If you like a fast paced, action packed game then this one is a well worthy download. R-Type will set you back £1.50/$1.99 and is available for all BlackBerry 10 handsets.

Ok, for once I wish I had a bigger screen, because I really loved this game back in the day. Had it on my Super NES... Anyone have this for the Q10? How does it play on it?? Hard to see what's going on?

I do hate the "FIRST" comments..when the commenter nothing else to say.

And I apologize for not knowing this particular game...I did have Pong/Tennis/Hockey/Squash console though with the knobs as controllers...and was on the bleeding edge with my (NABU)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NABU_Network , but I don't think it had R-Type.

I had the TurboGrafx-16 console. Games like Bonk's Adventure and Legendary Axe...who can forget. Played R-type for days.
TurboGrafx-16 is much like BlackBerry today. It was the best console of it's time (tech wise) and very few knew of it.

I guess I have always been with the "Underdog" TG 16, Neo Geo, BlackBerry lol

All great systems and you are right, best of the best, but never caught on to the main stream. I still have Bonks Adventure and a Turbo Express (way better than the game boy and in colour too) sitting in a box

Personally I had the original R*Type game, the portable landscape console. If u recall the games like pac man or donkey Kong in mini arcade game consoles built solely for 1 game then you'll remember R*Types debut this way.

Hard to consider purchasing this when sector strike is free. Bah who am I kidding I'll be buying this within 24hrs. Time to goto work.

Yes yes indeed do that. That's what I've been doing since BB10 first came out keeping a list in a draft email and a link to Crackberry for the the app review or other...so once I get the BB10 I can hit the ground running with things and apps that are of interest to me vs. trying to remember and search for things that have come around.

So always glad to get app reviews here whether on games or weather or photo editors etc.

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